The problem with being best friends with your mum.

It was the type of relationship that television shows like to glorify.

Think Gilmore Girls – Lorelai and Rory, the dynamic mother-daughter duo, blessed to have a kind of closeness, an unbreakable, enviable bond.

That was how my Mum and I were.

In fact, during high school, other girls would call us Lorelai and Rory, almost wistfully — "I wish I was as close as you are with your Mum" and "your Mum is so laid back and cool, you can tell her anything."

I could, indeed, tell her anything — and I did. My mum, after all, was my best friend.

And that is no bad thing, especially during high school when you want unconditional support, and when parents want their children to feel like they can tell them anything.

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